Chief teams fall at home Saturday

The White Pigeon basketball teams both fell to Lake Michigan Catholic on Saturday.

In the boys’ game, the chiefs went to overtime but were unable to pull off the win, losing 86-76.

“I thought that our six men played very hard tonight and I was very proud of their efforts,” White Pigeon coach Tony Cholometes said. “Even when we were down by seven with a little over a minute to go, our young men never quit fighting and forced overtime. Our Achilles heel tonight was our free throw shooting down the stretch.”

LMC out-scored White Pigeon 12-2 in the overtime session. The Chiefs had led heading into the fourth quarter 55-50 but LMC was able to score 22 points and take the lead, only to see White Pigeon force the overtime session.

White Pigeon led at halftime 36-33.

Mitchell Moore led all scorers with 25 points, adding eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. Dylan Hochstetler added 21 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals while Riley Olsen poured in 16 points, adding seven assists, four rebounds and two steals.

Tossing in nine points was David Miller while Blake Groves added five for White Pigeon, who is now 1-4.

In the girls’ game LMC won 43-36.

“The girls played really hard against a really good team tonight,” coach Jeff Baechler said. “We just came out short at the end.”

White Pigeon led 7-4 after one quarter of action and built a 24-17 lead at the break.

But LMC was able to take control of the game in the second half, out-scoring White Pigeon 16-4 in the third and 10-8 in the fourth.

The loss now puts White Pigeon at 4-2 on the year.

Sydney Harmon led the Chiefs with 13 points, making all four of her shots from the field.

She pulled down nine rebounds as well.

Adding nine points was Rachel Brock while Haley Miller added six points and 12 rebounds. Bethany Hagner and Allie Bailey both chipped in with four points while Riley Phelps had two points.Bailey had six boards.

Mendon girls win

The Mendon girls’ basketball team knocked off the rust of not playing in three weeks and beat St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran 39-26 on Saturday.

“I am glad we got to play since we have had three weeks off,” Mendon coach Leasa Griffith said. “Our defense worked well, and we worked through some of the rusty spots on offense.”

Brooke Howard led with 16 points for the Lady Hornets, but only scored four points in the second half.

Mendon improved to 5-0 with the win, out-scoring Lutheran 12-7 in the first quarter and leading 21-13 at the break.

Page 2 of 2 - “Michigan Lutheran is a very good team with solid fundamentals,” Griffith said. “They did a good job against us defensively. We know we have a lot to work on, and this was a good team win for us.”

Alexis Russell added seven points and nine boards for Mendon while Grace Leighton and Jenna Griffith each had six points.

Cierra Furlong chipped in with four points and four steals. Griffith dished out six assists while Howard added seven rebounds and six steals.

Glen Oaks men win

The Glen Oaks mens’ basketball team beat Lake Michigan College 69-61 on Saturday.

The victory improves Glen Oaks to 10-2 overall.

“It was a slugfest with two defensive-minded teams,” coach Steve Proefrock said. “They key to holding them to 24 points in the second half was switching to a zone defense.”

Lee Gardner III led Glen Oaks with 17 points while Angelo Griffis had 13 and Dominique King chipped in with 12.

Griffis had a team-high nine rebounds while Jason Starks had nine points and seven rebounds. Adding eight points was Aundreyan Roberts, Eric Nix had five, Joseph Griffin added three and Joshua Wynn had two points.

The Glen Oaks women fell 73-63.

The loss puts the Lady Vikes at 8-3 this season.

Alaina Schwarz led with 13 points while Courtney Moore had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Brie Starkey had 12 points and five boards while Kira Smith tossed in nine points.